noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'
recollection; retrospection; looking back
Formal or literary term for reflecting on past events, often used in titles, essays, or historical contexts. As a suru-verb, it means 'to look back on' or 'to review the past'.
彼は自分の人生を回顧して、多くの失敗を思い出した。
Looking back on his life, he recalled many failures.
This book is a memoir looking back on postwar history.